Fanning-mill



(No Model.)

J. W. 8v G. R. SHAW.

FANNING MILL. NO. 333,683. Patented Jan. 5, 1886..

UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. SHAW AND GEORGE R. SHAW, OF LITTLE ROCK, MINNESOTA.

FANNlNG-MILL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333.683. dated January 5, 1886.

Application filed May 18, 1885. Serial No.165,870. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN WV. SHAW and GEORGE E. SHAW, citizens of the United States, residing at Little Rock, in the county -t0f Nobles and State of Minnesota, have in- .or other grain; and our invention consists,

generally, in the construction, combination, and arrangement of devices, hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fanningmill having our attachment. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, looking at the opposite side. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the attachment removed from the mill. Fig. 4 is a detail.

In the drawings, A represents a fanningmill of any approved construction provided with a side spout, a, a crank, a, and crankshaft a and with the four supporting-legs, a at a a B is the frame of the attachment. This frame consists of four uprights, b, to whose inner sides are secured the longitudinal boards b b. At one end the boards I) b are connected by the end piece, b and at the other end by the pieces, I) I), having the oppositelyarranged curved recesses, as shown in Fig. 2.

G is a perforated metal cylinder secured to rings 0 c, which are attached to a shaft, 0, by radial arms 0. The shaft 0 is mounted to revolve freely in hearings in the end pieces, b b The uprights or standards I) I) extend to the full height of the frame B. The boards I) I) extend toabout two-thirds the height of the uprights b b.

The frame B and the fanning-mill are secured together by placing the four legs a of the mill within the frame B, resting on the upper edges of boards I) b. (See Fig. 4.)

Bolts D are then passed through the legs a and the uprights b,fastening them securely together.

H is a hopper or chute secured to the frame B by a brace, h, and arranged to receive the material passing from the spout a, and to convey it into the cylinder 0.

a is a pulley on the crank shaft (o The ring 0 extends beyond the end of the cylinder, and is provided with the groove 0 A crossbelt, E, passes from the pulley a to the grooved ring 0. This belt is jointed, being provided with a buckle, e, so that it may be taken off when the attachment is to be removed from the mill.

As the mill is operated by the crank, the cylinder is rotated by the belt E. The grain from the mill passes into the perforated revolving cylinder and moves through this cylinder, and is discharged at the opposite side of the mill. During the passage of the grain through the cylinder the mustard. pigeongrass, and other small seeds drop through the perforations in the cylinder, and the grain, when discharged from the cylinder, is in condition to be used for seed.

The frame and the parts carried by it may be readily attached to the fanning-mill. The

cylinder is then arranged under the mill,

where it is entirely out of the way, and the grain passes into it directly from the mill, so that the labor and expense of handling the grain are avoided.

When it is desired to use the mill without the attachment, the bolts D may be taken out and the mill readily removed from the frame. We may also disconnect the belt from the cylinder and remove the chute H, and the mill may then be operated without the attachment.

The attachment-frame is so constructed that the cylinder may be removed and another of boardb by bolts b. The end boardia is placed m0ved,and the end of the cylinder is droppedand the cylinder is pulled out under the curved board 6 ing the grooved ring a, the pulley a, and separable belt E, all substantially as described.

JOHN W. SHAW. GEORGE E. SHAW.

Witnesses:

L. S. NnLsoN, O. S. MELIOK. 

